National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New York 116,
Houston 103
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 16, 2021
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #52 Scott Twardoski, #46 Ben Taylor, #45 Brian Forte
Attendance: 13857
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #52 Scott Twardoski, #46 Ben Taylor, #45 Brian Forte
Attendance: 13857
Final Scoring Summary
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Evan Fournier - G | 27:35 | 8-12 | 3-6 | 4-7 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Derrick Rose - G | 12:11 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Burks - F | 36:31 | 2-10 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Julius Randle - F | 31:32 | 6-18 | 3-8 | 6-6 | -9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Nerlens Noel - C | 17:34 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Miles McBride | 35:49 | 6-11 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 31:54 | 7-13 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 30:26 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Taj Gibson | 16:28 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Wayne Selden | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kemba Walker | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-83 | 17-36 | 21-25 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 116 | |
| 47.0% | 47.2% | 84.0% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon - G | 30:07 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Armoni Brooks - G | 9:08 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Garrison Mathews - F | 31:38 | 4-10 | 2-7 | 7-8 | -6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Jae'Sean Tate - F | 29:16 | 6-8 | 2-4 | 6-8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Daniel Theis - C | 32:36 | 8-12 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Josh Christopher | 32:55 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 2-2 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Kenyon Martin Jr. | 28:35 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| D.J. Augustin | 18:15 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 1-1 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Alperen Sengun | 15:24 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| David Nwaba | 9:38 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Usman Garuba | 2:28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-68 | 11-32 | 24-30 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 103 | |
| 50.0% | 34.4% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 14 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NY | None |
| HOU | Jae'Sean Tate |
Team Statistics
| New York | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 18 | Biggest Lead | 2 |